                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2003 TO December 2004
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
                    adjustments and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

Balance
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -547,552        -15,201      -120,402      -411,948

January                  -45,610           -988        -9,925       -34,696
February                 -44,794         -1,122       -10,905       -32,768
March                    -47,539         -1,225       -11,677       -34,636
April                    -46,179         -1,447        -9,846       -34,887
May                      -45,099         -1,310        -8,393       -35,396
June                     -44,255         -1,500        -9,375       -33,380

July                     -44,677         -1,245       -10,038       -33,395
August                   -44,393         -1,528        -9,909       -32,957
September                -45,565         -1,401        -9,719       -34,445
October                  -46,176         -1,048        -9,509       -35,619
November                 -44,742         -1,367        -9,842       -33,534
December                 -48,523         -1,022       -11,265       -36,236

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -666,183        -14,663      -163,998      -487,523

January (R)              -49,688         -1,219       -11,542       -36,927
February (R)             -49,866         -1,215       -12,520       -36,131
March (R)                -51,501         -1,475       -13,012       -37,015
April (R)                -53,083         -1,172       -11,589       -40,322
May (R)                  -51,570         -1,215       -11,398       -38,958
June (R)                 -59,214         -1,287       -13,789       -44,138

July (R)                 -54,857         -1,041       -12,549       -41,267
August (R)               -57,079         -1,117       -14,333       -41,629
September (R)            -55,080         -1,296       -13,532       -40,252
October (R)              -60,210         -1,244       -15,685       -43,281
November (R)             -63,476         -1,226       -17,971       -44,279
December                 -60,560         -1,156       -16,079       -43,326
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,122        -11,649        12,693       712,078

January                   57,078           -754         1,124        56,708
February                  57,887           -906         1,198        57,594
March                     58,495           -976         1,210        58,260
April                     57,317         -1,186         1,053        57,450
May                       57,816           -957         1,053        57,720
June                      59,420         -1,021         1,087        59,354

July                      60,092         -1,035         1,009        60,119
August                    58,234         -1,053           969        58,318
September                 59,926         -1,091         1,003        60,013
October                   61,170           -771           954        60,987
November                  63,075         -1,103           986        63,193
December                  62,613           -796         1,047        62,361

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,584        -11,442        16,659       802,367

January (R)               61,818           -976           939        61,854
February (R)              65,068           -964         1,193        64,839
March (R)                 67,436         -1,173         1,269        67,340
April (R)                 66,081           -951         1,250        65,782
May (R)                   68,827           -938         1,547        68,218
June (R)                  64,809         -1,040         1,351        64,498

July (R)                  67,596           -770         1,363        67,004
August (R)                68,143           -837         1,623        67,357
September (R)             69,273         -1,042         1,357        68,957
October (R)               69,314           -948         1,607        68,654
November (R)              68,111           -920         1,592        67,439
December                  71,109           -884         1,568        70,425
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,260,674          3,553       133,095     1,124,026

January                  102,688            234        11,049        91,404
February                 102,681            216        12,103        90,362
March                    106,033            249        12,887        92,897
April                    103,496            261        10,899        92,337
May                      102,915            353         9,446        93,116
June                     103,676            479        10,462        92,734

July                     104,769            209        11,047        93,513
August                   102,627            474        10,878        91,274
September                105,490            310        10,721        94,458
October                  107,345            277        10,463        96,606
November                 107,818            264        10,827        96,727
December                 111,135            226        12,312        98,597

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,473,768          3,221       180,657     1,289,890

January (R)              111,506            243        12,481        98,781
February (R)             114,934            251        13,713       100,969
March (R)                118,937            302        14,280       104,354
April (R)                119,164            220        12,839       106,105
May (R)                  120,397            277        12,945       107,175
June (R)                 124,022            247        15,140       108,636

July (R)                 122,453            271        13,912       108,270
August (R)               125,222            281        15,956       108,986
September (R)            124,353            255        14,889       109,209
October (R)              129,523            296        17,292       111,935
November (R)             131,587            306        19,563       111,718
December                 131,669            272        17,647       113,751
                                                  

(1)  The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification
system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those
aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some
products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in
"Manufactured Goods".

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors, definitions and
details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments, see the information
section on page 26 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-05-17, BEA-05-05), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
